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The ordinary seaman / Francisco Goldman.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Grove Press, c1997.Description: 386 p. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 080213548X
  • 978-0-8021-3548-3
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.54 23/swe
Summary: America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. The hero is Esteban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Esteban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love.
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America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. The hero is Esteban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Esteban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love.